croniter
Cron expression parser and iterator for Python, schedule tasks with cron-like timing.
Jobs, queues and workflows PyPI MIT
How croniter is used
croniter is a dependency in 21 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.3% of the 1,622 Python ones), #6 of 37 in jobs, queues and workflows. Counting the projects our scan samples by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983), it appears in 99; those are left out of every share on this page. The most used alternative in our scan is APScheduler (47 projects). Projects that use it most often also use Pydantic (90.5%), Rich (66.7%), FastAPI (66.7%).
croniter popularity over time
Gid Score 54: downloads 92, use in agent projects 51, GitHub stars 2, downloads trend 55 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with croniter
| Pydantic | 90.5% of croniter projects · 10.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| Rich | 66.7% of croniter projects · 18.6× more than average |
| FastAPI | 66.7% of croniter projects · 8.9× more than average |
| httpx | 66.7% of croniter projects · 14.9× more than average |
| OpenAI Python Library | 61.9% of croniter projects · 15.7× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 61.9% of croniter projects · 6.8× more than average |
| Pydantic Settings | 61.9% of croniter projects · 17.7× more than average |
| PyYAML | 57.1% of croniter projects · 9.6× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| OpenClaw | 2.9% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list croniter as a dependency.
How croniter is funded
GitHub Sponsors
| @pallets | 34 current sponsors |
|---|
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Ways to fund croniter
GitHub Sponsors Own page Tidelift
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | pip install croniter |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (21) |
| Example projects | mindroom-ai/mindroom, spire-studio/cloakbot, Sunanang/FNMessageBots, EthanAlgoX/MarketBot, Navinspire-ia/navin |
Alternatives to croniter
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside croniter are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APScheduler pypi In-process task scheduler with Cron-like capabilities for Python applications. |
66 | 47 (2.9%) | 9.7M | 7,661 | MIT |
| schedule pypi Simple Python library for scheduling jobs to run at regular intervals. |
56 | 15 (0.9%) | 1.4M | 12.3K | MIT |
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